Sports

Liberty North football falls to Lee’s Summit West in regular-season finale
LIBERTY — The regular season came to a tough end for Liberty North football.
- Liberty North football falls to Lee’s Summit West in regular-season finale
- Liberty girls tennis advances to state semifinals for 5th-consecutive season
- Smithville softball finishes season in district championship
- Voting live for Athlete of the Week: Oct. 12-Oct. 18
- Examiner/Courier-Tribune Male Athlete of the Week: Oct. 5-Oct. 11
Education

Liberty Education Foundation prepares for community showcase event
LIBERTY — The Liberty Education Foundation presents the Annual RISE Community Showcase on Thursday, Oct. 29, at South Valley Middle School, 1000 Midjay Drive. For more than 30 years, the foundation has been the nonprofit…
- Liberty Education Foundation prepares for community showcase event
- Local bands, marching units take honors at Cameron’s MarchFest
- Qualified NKC Schools, Liberty students earn guaranteed admission to Mizzou
- Liberty Middle School theatre presents ‘Citizen Crane’
- LPS recognizes 1st registered youth apprentices
Outdoors

Missouri fall colors peak around Halloween this year
Most of Missouri peaks in fall colors between Oct 25. and Nov 3: the north first, around Oct. 26, and the south last, around Nov. 2. The first county to peak is Putnam County, around…
- Missouri fall colors peak around Halloween this year
- MDC encourages awareness of ‘bird flu’ as fall migration begins
- Kansas City Parks announces managed archery deer hunt registration open
- Watch for wildlife movement on roadways
- Follow fall foliage with MDC’s fall color report
Sports

Liberty North football falls to Lee’s Summit West in regular-season finale
LIBERTY — The regular season came to a tough end for Liberty North football.
- Liberty North football falls to Lee’s Summit West in regular-season finale
- Liberty girls tennis advances to state semifinals for 5th-consecutive season
- Smithville softball finishes season in district championship
- Voting live for Athlete of the Week: Oct. 12-Oct. 18
- Examiner/Courier-Tribune Male Athlete of the Week: Oct. 5-Oct. 11
Education

Liberty Education Foundation prepares for community showcase event
LIBERTY — The Liberty Education Foundation presents the Annual RISE Community Showcase on Thursday, Oct. 29, at South Valley Middle School, 1000 Midjay Drive. For more than 30 years, the…
- Liberty Education Foundation prepares for community showcase event
- Local bands, marching units take honors at Cameron’s MarchFest
- Qualified NKC Schools, Liberty students earn guaranteed admission to Mizzou
- Liberty Middle School theatre presents ‘Citizen Crane’
- LPS recognizes 1st registered youth apprentices
Outdoors

Missouri fall colors peak around Halloween this year
Most of Missouri peaks in fall colors between Oct 25. and Nov 3: the north first, around Oct. 26, and the south last, around Nov. 2. The first county to…
- Missouri fall colors peak around Halloween this year
- MDC encourages awareness of ‘bird flu’ as fall migration begins
- Kansas City Parks announces managed archery deer hunt registration open
- Watch for wildlife movement on roadways
- Follow fall foliage with MDC’s fall color report
News

Lane, ramp closures along Interstate 29 for asphalt paving
CLAY AND PLATTE COUNTY — The Missouri Department of Transportation will be performing asphalt paving operations resulting in various traffic modifications, on Interstate 29 just south of Mexico City Avenue to US Highway 69. Motorists may experience delays through Nov. 1. Traffic impacts will be shared as work is scheduled. Lane closures may vary between…
- Lane, ramp closures along Interstate 29 for asphalt paving
- 1st Safe Haven Baby Box opens in Northland
- Breast cancer survivor shares journey, importance of mammogram
- Vicki Hon to lead Clay County Senior Services in 2027
- Transportation, environment open house highlights regional planning
Community Living

DONNA ERICKSON'S BEST BITES: Make grab-and-go mini frittatas
By Donna Erickson Here’s to a season of good food! When friends and family gather over the upcoming holiday weekends, delicious meals make the celebration a party … even at breakfast time! Kids and adults of all ages will love these mini frittatas that are baked in a muffin tin. A healthy, protein-rich way to…
- DONNA ERICKSON’S BEST BITES: Make grab-and-go mini frittatas
- Halloween events continue today
- Tree planting coming Saturday
- MDC encourages hunters to have deer sampled for CWD all season
- Time to look into Halloween costume safety
Multimedia

Gallery | Kearney Invitational
Kearney and Smithville cross country in the Kearney Invitational Saturday, Oct. 10.
- Gallery | Kearney Invitational
- Gallery | Individual girls tennis districts
- Gallery | Conference golf
- Gallery | Liberty Homecoming
- Gallery | Highway 92 volleyball
Special Sections
Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: Dial M for Meh
By Simonie Wilson Helen Mirren (“The Queen,” “MobLand”), in a dark-haired departure from her usual blonde bombshell, gives an uncharacteristically dull performance as Patricia Highsmith, the real-life author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” in this fan fiction stage play (“Switzerland,” “Australia,” “2014”) turned film, supposing a murderous end to her writing career in “A Talent…
- MOVIE REVIEW: Dial M for Meh
- MOVIE REVIEW: This movie will make you seasick
- William Jewell College welcomes bestselling author Kristin Kobes Du Mez
- MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Stunt Driver’ needs stunt double
- MOVIE REVIEW: You won’t wish you were there
Opinion
Courier-Tribune: Rooted in community, committed to truth
This week marks National Newspaper Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10. This year’s theme is “Rooted in Community, Committed to Truth.”For 180 years, we have been honored to tell the stories of our communities, document local history as it unfolds and provide readers with factual, reliable information they can trust. In a time when…
- Courier-Tribune: Rooted in community, committed to truth
- Free press, journalists needed to document changes
- Where do displaced volunteers go?
- 260930_ct_editorialcartoon
- Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later



